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Broderick Turner ranks the 30 teams. Last week's ranking in parentheses; statistics are through Friday's games: 1. GOLDEN STATE: Five-game win streak ends at Denver as Curry, Thompson, Iguodala and Bogut rest. (2) 2. ATLANTA: Hawks still haven't lost three straight games all season and have lost two in a row just three times. (1) 3. CLEVELAND: Is Kyrie Irving best-ever Robin for LeBron James' Batman? Career-high 57 at Spurs raises question. (5) 4. PORTLAND: Trail Blazers are just 15-14 on road, with next five at Toronto, Washington, Miami, Orlando, Memphis. (3) 5. SAN ANTONIO: Despite loss to Cavaliers at home, hot Spurs have won six of seven and are 24-8 at...

Al Horford scored 19 points and Kyle Korver made two big three-pointers in the fourth quarter after struggling much of the night, leading the Atlanta Hawks to a 106-97 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night in a game that could be a...

Kevin Garnett made an emotional return to Minnesota with an ear-splitting reception and his Timberwolves overcame a jittery start to beat the Washington Wizards, 97-77, on Wednesday night.
Garnett, the face of the franchise who was reacquired in a...

The Lakers (14-41) ended their seven-game losing streak on Sunday with a win over the Boston Celtics (21-33).
They'll play three times through Week 18, visiting the Utah Jazz (21-34) before hosting the Milwaukee Bucks (31-25) and Oklahoma City Thunder...

Trey Burke scored 23 points and the Utah Jazz beat San Antonio 90-81 at home on Monday night, extending the Spurs' losing streak to three since returning from the All-Star break.
The Jazz used an energetic defensive effort to turn a season-high 22...

At the end of Thursday's NBA trading deadline, players and draft picks were moving at such a frantic rate — particularly in the final hour — it was hard to keep track of all the roster changes.
When the dust settled, it marked one of the most active...

Point guards moving quickly made the NBA trade deadline a transition game.
Goran Dragic, Michael Carter-Williams, Reggie Jackson and Brandon Knight all were dealt Thursday in the final hours that trades were allowed, as a number of teams handed their...

High school linebacker Roquan Smith announced Friday he was signing scholarship papers with Georgia, just a little more than a week after saying at a news conference he would play for UCLA.
His choice changed, Smith says, when he learned he had been lied...

Kevin Durant had 26 points and 10 rebounds and Russell Westbrook just missed a triple-double Wednesday to help the Oklahoma City Thunder make a statement before the All-Star break with a 105-89 victory over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies.
Westbrook had...

The Lakers (13-39) lost their fifth straight game on Tuesday night, falling to the Denver Nuggets (20-33). Here are five takeaways from their 106-96 win at Staples Center.
1. At halftime, Ty Lawson scored just four points with six assists, his team...

The New Orleans Pelicans lost more than a game Saturday night. They also lost All-Star forward Anthony Davis, who hurt his right shoulder on a hard, awkward fall after an alley-oop dunk in the second quarter of the team's 107-72 loss to the Chicago...

The NBA All-Star break starts this week, yet the halfway point of the regular season has already slipped by.
But the All-Star game has long been regarded as the unofficial halfway point of the season.
So it's time for this reporter to hand out some...

Bucks 113 - Lakers 105 (end of overtime)
The Lakers seemed to have the game in hand, up six on the road with just a minute left, but the Milwaukee Bucks got a game-saving three-pointer from O.J. Mayo with 0.5 left on the clock to force overtime.
The...

The Milwaukee Bucks (26-22) are seemingly vulnerable, with the Lakers (13-35) visiting on Wednesday night.
Milwaukee will be without rookie Jabari Parker and former Lakers point guard Kendall Marshall, both to season-ending knee injuries. Brandon...

Rarely has a Lakers player been so happy to see one winter month melt into another.
Nick Young hated January, the reasons more than easy to assemble — he shot 32%, was benched for the second half of a game and then sprained his ankle in practice, costing...

The Atlanta Hawks' franchise-record 19-game winning streak was snapped Monday night by the New Orleans Pelicans, who defeated the Hawks, 115-100, in New Orleans.
All-Star forward Anthony Davis had 29 points and 13 rebounds to help New Orleans win for the...

Zach Randolph had 15 points and 17 rebounds, Jeff Green added 13 points and the Memphis Grizzlies built an early lead en route to a 99-69 victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets on Thursday night.
Memphis won its fifth straight, holding the Nuggets to...

Kobe Bryant will miss his second straight All-Star Game in February, out for the season with a torn rotator cuff.
On Friday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver added Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins to the Western Conference All-Star roster as Bryant's...

Derrick Rose scored 22 points, and the struggling Chicago Bulls beat the San Antonio Spurs, 104-81, on Thursday night.
The Bulls came away with a much-needed win after dropping six of eight and handed the defending champions their most lopsided loss of...